The Harvard Crimson | Writer | Shera S. Avi-Yonahhttp://www.thecrimson.com/writer/1213847/Shera_S._Avi-Yonah/Content by Shera S. Avi-Yonahen-usTue, 14 Aug 2018 21:22:17 +0000In Open Letters, Students Propose Next Steps After Dominguez Scandalhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/9/open-letters-dominguez/Graduate and undergraduate students sent two open letters to administrators Wednesday outlining a vision for institutional change after the Dominguez scandal.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/9/open-letters-dominguez/Photographer Asks Harvard to Shun Sackler Donationshttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/1/23/art-museums-sackler-donations/Nan Goldin has called on the Harvard Art Museums to reject donations from the Sackler family over its connection to the opioid drug OxyContin. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/1/23/art-museums-sackler-donations/Star Economics Prof Fryer Facing Harvard and State-Level Investigations, Barred from Lab He Headshttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/22/fryer-investigation/Economics Professor Roland G. Fryer, Jr. is being investigated separately by Harvard and the state of Massachusetts and has been barred by University officials from setting foot in the research lab he heads.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/22/fryer-investigation/ Grad Union Surveys Members in First Step Toward Negotiationshttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/6/16/union-survey/Harvard’s newly formed graduate student union launched its bargaining survey Wednesday evening, marking the first step in the union’s preparations to negotiate with the University.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/6/16/union-survey/Union Bargaining Committee Election Sees Low Turnouthttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/24/union-bargaining-election-low-turnout/In total, 513 members of the bargaining unit voted in the election, according to meeting notes from an HGSU-UAW executive committee meeting held May 14.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/24/union-bargaining-election-low-turnout/Harvard Material?http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/6/viewing-admissions-files-feature/Each month, Harvard receives approximately 200 requests from College students wishing to see their admissions files. But some say they're left with more questions than answers.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/6/viewing-admissions-files-feature/Garber Highlights Current Resources for Graduate Students in Emailhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/6/garber-second-hgsu-election-email/With Harvard’s second unionization election fast approaching, University Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 sent an email to affiliates Thursday listing resources Harvard already provides absent a bargaining unit.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/6/garber-second-hgsu-election-email/Administrators Told All-Female Choir to Update Bylaws Months Before Group Went Coedhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/24/rcs-coed-admin-pressure/The formerly all-female Radcliffe Choral Society opened its membership to students of all genders in late April 2018.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/24/rcs-coed-admin-pressure/Some Medical School Students Wary of Harvard's New Unionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/27/longwood-union-ambivalence/Some graduate students at Harvard Medical School remain uncertain of their place in Harvard's newly formed union—even expressing a desire to be excluded. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/27/longwood-union-ambivalence/Labor of Love: The Five-Year Road to Unionizationhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/23/march-to-unionization/As Harvard and its new union prepare to begin negotiations, current and former union organizers remember the five-year march to unionization as convoluted, lengthy, and difficult.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/23/march-to-unionization/Harvard Gears Up for Second Unionization Electionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/17/union-election/The election will determine whether over 4,000 eligible graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants will collectively bargain with the University. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/17/union-election/‘Super Pumped and Really Excited’: After Day of Nerves, Union Organizers Thrill to New Erahttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/unionization-vote-reax-story/The campaign to form a graduate student union at Harvard stretches back to 2013—for many organizers, spanning their entire tenure at the University.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/unionization-vote-reax-story/Polls: Pro-Union Voters Twice as Likely to Disapprove of Harvard’s Handling of Sexual Harassmenthttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/1/unionization-data-part-5/Students who voted “Yes” to unionization were two-and-a-half times more likely to disapprove of how Harvard handles issues of discrimination and sexual harassment than were students who voted “No,” according to an exit poll. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/1/unionization-data-part-5/Anti-Sexual Assault Group Endorses Graduate Student Unionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/5/0-ohcdb-endorses-grad-union/​Anti-sexual assault advocacy group Our Harvard Can Do Better endorsed Harvard’s graduate student unionization movement on Thursday.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/3/5/0-ohcdb-endorses-grad-union/Unionization Opponents Concerned By Second Electionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/9/students-oppose-unionization/​Graduate students opposed to unionization condemn unequal resources between Harvard Graduate Students Union and students critical of the union.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/9/students-oppose-unionization/21 Vie For Seats on Union Bargaining Committeehttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/21-run-for-union-committee/Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers is holding elections for the union’s main negotiating body May 9 and 10.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/21-run-for-union-committee/Harvard’s Decision to Bargain Puts Pressure on Peer Institutions, Organizers Sayhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/harvard-bargaining-pressures-peers/Labor experts and union organizers say Harvard’s recent move to bargain with its graduate student union may boost unionization efforts at peer universities.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/harvard-bargaining-pressures-peers/Experts Say Harvard's Union Bargaining Terms Differ From Typical Labor Contracthttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/academic-versus-labor-bargaining-parameters/Labor experts say the boundaries delineating issues allowed on the bargaining table for Harvard’s student union could differ from those that define a typical labor contract negotiation.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/5/4/academic-versus-labor-bargaining-parameters/Harvard Rep Declines to Say Whether School Will Bargain With New Unionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/university-bargaining-open-question/A Harvard representative repeatedly declined to answer a question asking whether the University will begin to collectively bargain with student employees following a vote by eligible teaching and research assistants to unionize last week.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/university-bargaining-open-question/In NLRB Pro-Union Columbia Decision, Some See Ties to Harvardhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/22/columbia-union-certified/“We’ve been celebrating with Harvard here,” said Olga Brudastova, a Columbia graduate student and union organizer.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/12/22/columbia-union-certified/Contract Negotiations at UConn Offer Window into Realities of Grad. Union Bargaininghttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/17/uconn-union/After several months of negotiations, the University of Connecticut and its graduate student union reached an agreement last week.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/17/uconn-union/Polling: Pro-Union Voters More Likely to Report Dissatisfaction with Harvard Advising, Financial Supporthttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/25/unionization-data-part-3/Students who voted in favor of unionization last week were more likely to report feeling dissatisfied with Harvard’s advising and financial support systems, according to exit polling data collected by The Crimson.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/25/unionization-data-part-3/Polling Shows Strong Union Support Among Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences Studentshttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/hgsu-support-humanities-social-data/Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences students were much more likely to vote to unionize in Harvard’s election last week than were Sciences and Engineering and Applied Sciences students.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/23/hgsu-support-humanities-social-data/Pro-Union Voters Seven Times More Likely to Approve of Strikes, Exit Polls Showhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/27/union-approval-strikes/Harvard students who voted in favor of unionization were nearly seven times more likely to report they approve of strikes as a negotiation tactic than those who voted against. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/27/union-approval-strikes/Exit Polls Suggested 50.6 Percent Favored Unionhttp://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/20/unionization-too-close-to-call/Exit poll results adjusted for response bias suggested a slight majority—50.6 percent—of eligible students who cast ballots voted in favor of unionization. But the margin of error—plus or minus 2 percent—meant The Crimson could not definitively call the election. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/4/20/unionization-too-close-to-call/